Politifact.com: Statements from Freedom Partnershttp://www.politifact.com/personalities/freedom-partners/Statements from Freedom Partners reviewed by Politifact.comen-usWed, 01 Nov 2017 05:00:00 -0400 Freedom Partners - Koch-backed group is Half True in claiming Tammy Baldwin voted for $5 trillion in higher taxeshttp://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2017/nov/01/freedom-partners/koch-backed-group-half-true-claiming-tammy-baldwin/The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Koch-backed group is Half True in claiming Tammy Baldwin voted for $5 trillion in higher taxes
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<p>It seems Charles and David Koch, the conservative billionaire industrialists, want to make U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin the $5 trillion woman. At least, that&rsquo;s the aim of Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce, the political and policy network that&rsquo;s tied to the two brothers. On Oct. 26, 2017, a year out from the 2018 election, Freedom Partners attacked Baldwin with two TV ads. Using both a narrator and words on the screen, the two ads make this claim about the Wisconsin Democrat: &quot;Tammy Baldwin voted for $5 trillion in higher taxes.&quot; The claim gives no context, leaving ...</p> <a href="/wisconsin/statements/2017/nov/01/freedom-partners/koch-backed-group-half-true-claiming-tammy-baldwin/">>> More</a>Wed, 01 Nov 2017 05:00:00 -0400http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2017/nov/01/freedom-partners/koch-backed-group-half-true-claiming-tammy-baldwin/ Freedom Partners - Did Sen. Jeff Merkley vote &#39;six times for more debt&#39;?http://www.politifact.com/oregon/statements/2014/aug/15/freedom-partners/did-sen-jeff-merkley-vote-six-times-more-debt/The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Did Sen. Jeff Merkley vote 'six times for more debt'?
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<p>Oregon Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley and his Republican challenger, newcomer Monica Wehby, are trading barbs as they head toward their November showdown. Wehby is now the beneficiary of a new television advertising campaign mounted by a group called Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce -- a political arm of conservative billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch. The claim: A new 30-second advertising spot just launched this month as part of an estimated $3.6 million effort on Wehby&rsquo;s behalf takes Merkley to task on spending issues. Merkley, according to the narrator &quot;voted six times to raise the debt ...</p> <a href="/oregon/statements/2014/aug/15/freedom-partners/did-sen-jeff-merkley-vote-six-times-more-debt/">>> More</a>Fri, 15 Aug 2014 15:51:28 -0400http://www.politifact.com/oregon/statements/2014/aug/15/freedom-partners/did-sen-jeff-merkley-vote-six-times-more-debt/ Freedom Partners - Freedom Partners ad accuses Rep. Bruce Braley of giving &#39;special favors&#39; to insurers by voting for Obamacarehttp://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2014/apr/11/freedom-partners/freedom-partners-ad-accuses-rep-bruce-braley-givin/The Truth-o-Meter says: Pants on Fire! | Freedom Partners ad accuses Rep. Bruce Braley of giving 'special favors' to insurers by voting for Obamacare
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<p>A new ad by Freedom Partners -- a group that has served as a hub for funding by billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch -- recently began airing ads against Democratic Senate candidates, targeting them for their support of President Barack Obama&rsquo;s health care law. The group had been little known until the Washington Post reported in January that Freedom Partners had &quot;raised $256 million from unknown sources, money that was then transferred to a&nbsp;complex network of LLCs and political nonprofits that do not disclose their donors.&quot; By airing the new ads against Democratic Senate candidates, it ...</p> <a href="/truth-o-meter/statements/2014/apr/11/freedom-partners/freedom-partners-ad-accuses-rep-bruce-braley-givin/">>> More</a>Fri, 11 Apr 2014 10:31:12 -0400http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2014/apr/11/freedom-partners/freedom-partners-ad-accuses-rep-bruce-braley-givin/